A pair of Swampscott teens is facing charges after allegedly assisting two Marblehead teens Sunday night in assaulting one Swampscott resident with a lacrosse stick and a two-by-four and robbing another.

Katrina Powell/kpowell@wickedlocal.com

A pair of Swampscott teens is facing charges after allegedly assisting two Marblehead teens Sunday night in assaulting one Swampscott resident with a lacrosse stick and a two-by-four and robbing another.

Both Marblehead teens are being held at the Essex County House of Corrections until their next court date.

Christopher Leclerc, 18, of 2 Berkshire St., and Fiorenzo Lecce, 19, of 317 Paradise Road, both of Swampscott, were arrested and charged with armed robbery immediately following the alleged assault and theft of $20 that took place at Phillips Park in Swampscott on Sunday, Aug. 26.

A third defendant, Bradley Conrad-Woodman, 18, of 53 Cloutmans Lane, Marblehead, was also arrested Sunday night. Conrad-Woodman was charged with armed robbery and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon — a lacrosse stick.

Another Marblehead teen, John Michael Murray, 18, of 54 Glendale Road, was arrested on a warrant Monday, in connection with the alleged crime. Murray is charged with armed robbery and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon — a two-by-four.

According to reports from the Marblehead Police, at approximately 9:25 p.m. on Sunday, one of the alleged victims — a Swampscott teen — was walking home from playing basketball at Phillips Park when he came upon the four defendants. Knowing Leclerc, the alleged victim approached him and “gave him a high five.” The alleged victim stated to police that he was holding a $20 bill in his hand when he high-fived Leclerc.

The alleged victim told police that Murray saw the money and immediately demanded it. The alleged victim refused, and Murray then took the money from his hand, reports said. As Murray did so, Conrad-Woodman was holding the lacrosse stick and Murray was holding a two-by-four. The alleged victim told police that he felt as if the group would have assaulted him if he tried to take the money back.

When asked if he felt that Leclerc and Leece had taken part in the robbery, the alleged victim said, “Yeah, they backed up John Michael Murray,” police reports indicate.

The alleged robbery victim then called his friend — another Swampscott teen — to come and pick him up at the park. The friend came to the park, along with three other teens in his car.

As the car pulled up, Murray began to approach the vehicle, yelling at the driver and saying he was going to kill him, the alleged victim said. Murray then took the board and swung it at the vehicle’s brake light, causing it to break, reports indicate.

At this point, the driver began to exit the car, and yelled at Murray to stop. Murray swung the board again, this time hitting the driver’s side of the car, causing the window to smash. Murray then allegedly hit the driver in the upper legs with the board, and Conrad-Woodman took the lacrosse stick and threw it at the driver, reports said.

Shortly after the alleged attack, Swampscott Police informed Marblehead officers that they were speaking with three teens on Puritan Road, just down the road from Phillips Park. Marblehead Police transported the two alleged victims and three witnesses to Puritan Road, where they positively identified Conrad-Woodman, Lecce and Leclerc as the parties responsible for the alleged crime. Murray had fled the scene alone following the incident, police reports said, and was arraigned Monday at Lynn District Court.

Lecce and Leclerc were released following arraignment, but Conrad-Woodman is being held at the Essex County House of Corrections in lieu of $1,500 bail. All three defendants will appear in court on Sept. 20 for a probable cause hearing, according to court records.

Murray is also being held at the Essex County House of Corrections, after a judge set his bail at $10,000 during an arraignment Wednesday morning. He is set to appear in court again on Sept. 27.